The temperature on February 29, 1912 was between 6.1 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
Day of death December 30, 1974
The temperature on December 30, 1974 was between 3.7 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
September 17 » Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
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